Enjoy Life .. He says !
So i have got this professor who’s a combination between ” dexter “ and a 70s Hippie and everytime i go to his lecture he does this weird thing where he goes to the window and stares at the big block of cement they call a building that kind of demolishes every purpose of that window since it blocks the view and the air..and he starts mumbling things about how we should live life to the max and experience it …REALLY experience it..and how Uni is not all about study and marks and the real education is what happens in between..and i swear for a minute there i start believing in what he says..and i get flashes of the “Dead Poets society ” and the WHole ” Carpe Diem “ thingy ..and i get all excited and i spend the rest of the lecture time thinking about how i should change and do stuff..i am young , healthy , strong and smart ..i got what it takes to make anything happen and for some reason i start hearing ” i believe i can fly ” in the back of my head and by the time the lecture is over i am Determined to break the habit and go crazy ..
That ofcourse lasts for the next 10 mins , till my 2nd lecture begins and My other Professor comes barging in ..screaming from the top of his lungs about how we should be married to architecture ( my major ) ..live , breathe and eat architecture …do nothing and have no lives as long as we have a project to work on …” you do not need to sleep , you do NOT need to BE ..if it’ll effect ur work ” ..then he starts terrorizing us with these stories about students who failed because they didn’t have what it takes and then he starts coming to each and every one of us like the godfather Gone wild and starts asking us with this horror movie kinda voice : DO U HAVE WHAT IT TAKES ? …and the next thing u know …u r in a Fetus position thinking of if you’ll make it and if it is the right major for u ..and maybe you should change your major..and if u do will that devastate your parents ?!…by the time that hour of torture is over we get out looking like zombies…with this look of terror in our eyes ..” i’m gonna get back home and work ” ..” i’m gonna make it , i just have to work harder “..
and ofcourse all that terror vanishes the moment u step into the next lecture , where the professor is a freakin nut case who’s dedicated to make us feel clinically depressed , his very first lecture started by : ” I HATE WINTER , It’s Not White and puffy , ITS DARK AND MISERABLE..PPL DIE IN WINTER !! .. a man goes to buy breakfast for his family , the next thing they know , he’s in a coffin because his car slided because of rain ..they never ate breakfast and now they have no house to live in..i hope u know now SNOW isn’t that FUN anymore !!..architecture !! who the hell told u to study architecture ? i’d rather kill my son than see him go in that direction..it’s going nowhere..we got architects doing nothing , they can’t even eat…if i were u …i’d RUN…and i am only telling u this for ur own good but ur comin days are Dark and if u knew what’s gonna happen you would be crying ur eyes out now !…today we’ll talk about structure !! “
at the end of the day..u come home barely breathing…and all u wanna do is curl up under the bed and DIE , u do not feel like talking , working , having fun ..u don’t even have the power to feel ..that is until your parents come in and start giving u this lecture about how they used to study on the candle’s light and how they begged to go to school , how u’ve got more than they have ever had and still u r always frowny and depressed , and maybe if u took vitamin B12 ( now they think everybody’s got it , a deficiency of B12 ) and started practicing sports it will all Be ALRIGHT.
..the funny part is that before u go to sleep u think of each and every point u heard today , they all make sense somehow..but how do they fit and and what will u do..it’s sth u will probably die and get resurrected before u know..
So u tell me what should i do ? have fun ? go wild ? work my butt off ? change my major ?
students in my beloved country have no idea what to do about anything ..
when Oscar wilde said his very famous words : ” we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars ” .. i bet he wasn’t talking about Jordan ..here we have no stars , all we can do is take a deep breath and try so hard not to smell the Crap in the gutter !
ur sincere Sardonic ,
DeE ..
May 22, 2008 at 12:44 pm
reallllllllllllllllllllllllY this is what happened in our damn uni ,,
i feel happy that i read this ,coz wallah hada ele be9eeeeeer :’(
we got w doctors came from the outer space ,or they are alive since the last dainasor make a foot print on earth …
i luv the candles part dad always tells me that he walked 100000KM daily to school ,,,w ana malee ..!!!
we hv a doctor that he had the sad feeling twice in his Cheerful life ,,
1st one when his mum died
2nd when a student got 30/30 in his exam ,,:|
Keep it up …
May 22, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Lol that’s Doctors in Our Unis !!, u never know wat’s gonna make’em click and go crazy on u…and yea my parents walked thousands of KM also to get to their school
..they have to make u feel like crap ..and that’s the easiest way to make it happen
..but u gotta love ur parents !
May 22, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Congrats on such an innovative blog Sardonics!
My comment: I believe that by expressing what you have expressed you are already thinking outside the box unlike the majority of the students.
The crap that the doctors say should not be taken care of in the means of fear and boredom,,, but to motivate you that you are up to whatever challenge you are facing and that you will be a great architect (inshallah) by all means when you graduate…
So what you should do now,, is to stand still,, face what you face with your head up,, and yes have fun.. and trust me… there will be always ups and downs so going wild would be normal and necessary sometimes.. stick to your imaginative wonderful major,, w consequently by Allah’s well you will make it and your mom and dad will celebrate their cute sardonic daughter
That’s for now… Keep the high spirit,,,
You got a new surfer for your blog now
C ya
Zaid
May 22, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Zaid
thanks for the kind words !! u know me..i love to talk lol , it was really nice to hear from u here..and inshalla..i will aim for the stars and reach’em..i may joke about it , but inshalla we are going in the right direction !!
we are honored to have u surfing the blog my frd ,
tc ad i’ll c ya soon
May 22, 2008 at 5:43 pm
DeEeEe, My bestest bestest friend
(keef hay —> enfesam )
I know what u r talking about since it happens to me every single day but I don’t think anybody would express it in a better way . It’s a usual thing but u expressed it in an unusual way
Sweety , all our doctors were students one day and they all suffered what we r suffering now and what they say and do is the result of the cumulative complexes they have kept inside for ages So lets just hope that when we become doctors and teach students not to become like them .
So just crumble in ur bed , wake up the next morning ma3 ebtesmtik min dan la dan as u said the other day.
Love ya sweety
3eEe waiting for ur creative ideas,civil engineers have much better ideas than architects
tc all bye
May 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Linaaaaaaa 7ayati , yes it’s not exactly an unusual subject but sometimes its just gets to me..and Gets the best of me..and sweety i’d die before becoming a doctor..l2ni they lead a very miserable Life..they really do , but if’ll ever be one , i swear am gonna try me best to stay on the normal side of life !!
waleh sho asdek b civil engineers have much better ideas than architects
architects are the lords of Ideas !!
anyway m2booleh menek , love ya as well mwa
July 4, 2008 at 12:25 pm
DEE, i do appreciate putting such a situation of BAD and contradicted elements called ( DOCTORS ),into clear and eclectic words,so thank u
i’m almost sure that every one who read,or about to read the article will nod his/her head with a BIG YES word flashing into their minds,as i did actually..
and now after leaving THAT HELL ,i still sometimes remember how close was i to be schizophrenic and feel disoriented,all cuz of the teaching things who suppose to be our guidance light ,,DA!what ironic HA!
but after all, (of course bs t5al9i jam3a) u discover the iron person u’ve become to, and the power of ignoring annoying things ‘n ppls ,and for ALL
THE REAL meaning of BEING HAPPYN N’ ENJOYING LIFE !!
PS : i do recommend to try enjoying it while studying and forget about architecture for a while
trust me it will come to u by then ….
July 4, 2008 at 12:46 pm
i try to enjoy every minute of it Mjd and its not half bad most of the time
!!
i kinda got the idea now that in order to major in architecture you have to lose your mind and common sense and just go with the flow
i was talking with my friends the other day , it’s our 3rd year already..time does fly by very quickly , it feels like yesterday ..my very first lecture in design..god i was so freaked out !! ..i don’t want my years in Uni to finish ..they’re the best really ..i am having the time of my life and i totally feel that i was made for architecture..it’s a major like no other